I adored you once, Prudence. But now we must part

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Our correspondent is passed some confidential correspondence from No 10

Dear Prudence,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all you have done for new Labour these last ten years. This letter is to notify you formally that your services are no longer required in the highest counsels of my Government. I have instead asked your old rivals, Naked Opportunism and Sheer Expediency, to take over from here.

It’s been a lot of fun, Prudence, the last decade. Of course you were never quite as central to the Labour economic plan as we claimed you were but you certainly played a part. Our very public adherence